diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Compression/BitWriterUtils.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Compression/BitWriterUtils.cs
index c78862d86..7394577a5 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Compression/BitWriterUtils.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Compression/BitWriterUtils.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Compression
 {
@@ -46,9 +47,17 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Compression
         }
 
         [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
-        public static void WriteBit(Span<byte> buffer, int bufferPos, int bitPos) => buffer[bufferPos] |= (byte)(1 << (7 - bitPos));
+        public static void WriteBit(Span<byte> buffer, int bufferPos, int bitPos)
+        {
+            ref byte b = ref Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(buffer), bufferPos);
+            b |= (byte)(1 << (7 - bitPos));
+        }
 
         [MethodImpl(InliningOptions.ShortMethod)]
-        public static void WriteZeroBit(Span<byte> buffer, int bufferPos, int bitPos) => buffer[bufferPos] = (byte)(buffer[bufferPos] & ~(1 << (7 - bitPos)));
+        public static void WriteZeroBit(Span<byte> buffer, int bufferPos, int bitPos)
+        {
+            ref byte b = ref Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(buffer), bufferPos);
+            b = (byte)(b & ~(1 << (7 - bitPos)));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Compression/Decompressors/T6TiffCompression.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Compression/Decompressors/T6TiffCompression.cs
index c769d4d68..1ce7f02d1 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Compression/Decompressors/T6TiffCompression.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Compression/Decompressors/T6TiffCompression.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
 using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Constants;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.IO;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Compression.Decompressors
             int bufferPos = (int)(bitsWritten / 8);
             for (int i = 0; i < scanLine.Length; i++)
             {
-                if (scanLine[i] == white)
+                if (Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(scanLine), i) == white)
                 {
                     BitWriterUtils.WriteZeroBit(buffer, bufferPos, bitPos);
                 }